220128 NC-IL
1 tree truck to Springfield IL (delivered)... spending the night at home Breakfast - No eggs or meat, not even nuke sandwiches were available. So I grabbed two cups of yogurt. When I'm about half done with the first cup I realize that it is warm. Room temperature. So I quit and threw it away. When I...
220127 NC-IL
1 tree truck to Springfield IL... spending the night at Decatur IL Breakfast was cheesy eggs and fried apples from the hotel, and cheesy hash browns and more fried apples from last night. My truck does not have any frost, likely because of the large overhang. But BB had a lot of frost to scrape. We...
220126 NC-IL
1 tree truck to Springfield IL... spending the night at Cross Lanes WV Breakfast - eggs, sliced sausage, mixed fresh fruit and juice. Plenty to eat. Didn't think about it then but I won't need to stop to eat lunch today. When we walked out of our room to go to breakfast this AM we noticed that the d...
220125 NC-IL
1 tree truck to Springfield IL (Wednesday)... spending the night at Santee SC Breakfast - leftover steak and hotel eggs, plus juice. The stake was still good, the eggs were good too... not sure if it was how they were made or because they sat in the steak grease:) The juice, my juice from Walmart th...
220124 FL
... spending the night at St Augustine FL Breakfast, I did go down for breakfast. Eggs and really good bacon, plus yogurt. I finally finished my last bottle of juice that I got at the farmers market. This one was mango, not as good as the first flavor. (I thought I had taken a picture of the stand,...
220123 FL
... spending the night at Wesley Chapel FL Another rough night, this time BB even left a list of issues in the room. The biggest being people. It was Saturday night in a tourist area. Sometime around midnight kids were knocking on doors. BB heard it, I didn't. Later BB heard people talking as they w...
220122 FL
... spending the night at Naples FL Breakfast - I finally went down and grabbed a couple of cups of juice as they were taking things down. We were both still stuffed from yesterday lunch. We finally check out at close to 11 local. 1st stop is the Purple Onion Deli-Grill in Lakeland a few miles from...
220121 IA-FL
1 RV to Ocala FL (delivered)... spending the night at Lakeland FL I thought last night was going to be a rough night. As it got closer to time to shut down, we realized that the heat in our room was either on or off. Changing the temp setting didn't make a difference. But BB shut the heat off in our...
220120 IA-FL
1 RV to Ocala FL... spending the night at Tifton GA Breakfast - meal three from the Rice House. The left overs are finally gone. I did look at the breakfast at this place on the way out and it was cups of juice, nuke sandwiches, fruit and muffins. Pretty slim. Lots of talk this AM about what to take...
220119 IA-FL
1 RV to Ocala FL... spending the night at Clarksville TN BB was up early, I was up early so we went down for breakfast early and left early. Breakfast - Eggs, sausage and yogurt. The slush in the parking lot from last night has frozen solid, making it easy to hear every vehicle as it moves this AM....
220118 IA-FL
1 pickup to Williamsburg IA (delivered) 1 RV to Ocala FL... spending the night at Cedar Falls IA No 'hot food' for breakfast, only some nuke food as main course and the usual other stuff. I had yogurt, juice and a rare (for me) pastry. While we were out, I talked to the person at the front desk. We...
220117 NE-IA
1 pickup to Williamsburg IA 1 RV to Ocala FL (Tuesday)... spending the night at Waukee IA Up at the usual time, usual breakfast. It wasn't until we were walking out the door that BB remembered I had hash browns from last night that I was going to eat with my breakfast. I forget and we go down for br...
220116 MN-IL
... spending the night at Albert Lea MN We didn't have any plans for today, we just sort of floated though the day. Finally about 2 PM I decided I would switch out the new battery from the car going to the graveyard. But no wrenches I could find would fit. So I went and bought a new set of wrenches...
220115 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Wheeling IL (delivered)... spending the night at home BB was up a little after 4 AM, I crawled out at 6 AM. The alarm did not go off until 6:30. We spent most of the time talking about which trip to take. There are a lot of options but once we start looking at the money most don't p...
220114 MN-IL
1 trash truck to Wheeling IL (delivered)... spending the night at DeForest WI Breakfast, not sure why but we have to ask the front desk for any sandwiches to nuke. The rest of the stuff is sitting out. 7:30 AM and I am out the door. ICE. I call BB and let her know, she will be leaving sometime later...
220113 MN-IL
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered) 1 trash truck to Wheeling IL... spending the night at La Crosse WI Breakfast this AM was bacon, eggs and yogurt. BB took stuff to eat later. I had told the local dispatcher I would call them back at 9 AM, but I called before the office opened and said I had other...
220112 MN-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at Mankato MN I call the east coast dispatcher at 7 AM local to get the Bemidji trip. It is gone. He knew that last night but did not post the updated list because... he didn't think anyone wanted the last NE trip and that was the only truck...
220111 NE-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (delivered)... spending the night at Plymouth MN Breakfast, they had the 'bacon sausage' patties so I went the egg route this AM, then I nuked the rest of my loaded hash browns from last night. This place slips the bill under the door and I just grabbed it and didn't look at...
220110 NE-MN
1 Pickup to Shakopee MN (Tuesday)... spending the night at Worthington MN Breakfast was eggs and bacon, with yogurt to go. We have been in town since Friday night, the 1st night we spent at a hotel by the airport. In the morning BB still didn't feel up to driving so we moved to a hotel closer to our...
220107 FL-WI
1 Tree truck to Menomonee Falls WI (Delivered)... spending the night at Bloomington MN Breakfast, eggs, no sausage but the do have biscuits and gravy. Plus yogurt and juice. BB and I got talking this AM about last night. Someone had said they had been waiting an hour because no one was at the front...
220106 FL-WI
1 Tree truck to Menomonee Falls WI (Delivered)... spending the night at Waukesha WI BB is up at 4:30 ??? I get up when the alarm goes off at 6 AM. Good breakfast but this AM it is grab and go for me. This place has the yogurt where the only label is on the top and hard to read. At first it looked li...
220105 FL-WI
1 Tree truck to Menomonee Falls WI... spending the night at Horse Cave KY Breakfast - two yogurts, one I ate, the other I brought with me for later. Later never came. This place did have the full spread but I thought I was going to get going earlier. Pretty much got out at the usual time. BB was pla...
220104 FL-WI
1 Tree truck to Menomonee Falls WI... spending the night at Forsyth GA Breakfast - Burger King We walk down to breakfast. The first thing I notice is the sign that says breakfast must be eaten in the breakfast area. What breakfast? I saw two kinds of pastries and a pancake machine. So we leave out a...
220103 FL-WI
2 RV's, 1 heading to Ocala, 1 heading to Nokomis (delivered) 1 Tree truck to Menomonee Falls WI (Tuesday)... spending the night at Brooksville FL Breakfast - no 'hot food' at a Comfort Inn? So I just grabbed a yogurt and some juice and took the yogurt with for later. BB and I ended up splitting the...
220102 IA-FL
2 RV's, 1 heading to Ocala, 1 heading to Nokomis... spending the night at Ocala FL No rush to get going in the AM, we have three hours to drive, likely four hours total. Breakfast was eggs and ham. No yogurt, all they had was peach or something with banana. Breakfast area was crowded, we usually eat...
220101 IA-FL
2 RV's, 1 heading to Ocala, 1 heading to Nokomis... spending the night at Tifton GA Breakfast? The person who checked us in last night had to ask someone to know if they were serving breakfast this AM. They did have hot eggs and sausage and juice but that was about it. For as much counter space as t...
211231 IA-FL
2 RV's, 1 heading to Ocala, 1 heading to Nokomis... spending the night at Clarksville TN Breakfast - huge spread. They are ready for enough people to fill their conference rooms. Two large trays of eggs, one each of potatoes and one of sausage. Dozens of yogurt and fruit cups. Fruit including grapef...
211230 IA-FL
2 RV's, 1 heading to Ocala, 1 heading to Nokomis... spending the night at Hannibal MO We were not in any rush to get going this AM as it was cold. We hadn't stayed in a ground room for a while and the floor was really cold in our room also. No 'hot' breakfast this AM so I just had yogurt and juice....
211229 IA-FL
2 RV's, 1 heading to Ocala, 1 heading to Nokomis (Thursday)... spending the night at Mason City IA For no reason, we pull out at 7:30 AM as usual. The shortest route is to stay on the back roads until we get to I-64 west of St Louis. I am glad I stayed on the freeway with the truck. The first part o...
211228 MN-MO
1 trash truck to Richwoods MO (delivered)... spending the night at Pacific MO Breakfast was the usual of eggs, sausage and yogurt. We pull out about 7:30. The weather station says it is snowing but we don't see it. 1st stop is 10 miles down the road at Flying J in Evansdale. I have two fuel tanks an...
211227 MN-MO
1 trash truck to Richwoods MO... spending the night at Cedar Falls IA No call at 7:30 AM so I assumed the local dispatcher had their trips covered. Some time later I went out to shovel and it was still raining so I went back inside. We don't need a skating rink on our driveway. Finally at 9:30 dispa...